Lily-by-Gilly

Hi and welcome to my blog. Asha, our hostess at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown this month, has set us a wonderful colour challenge this week. I took the Festive Flurry stamp set from Stampin’ Up, and used pool party embossing powder to heat emboss snowflakes over basic black cardstock …

I don’t often use black for Christmas cards – in fact, I can’t ever remember using it before – so this was a new colour scheme to me, and I was a little out of my comfort zone. My usual go to colours are very traditional but I loved how the pool party embossing powder looked against the basic black cardstock ... 

I added a bow of whisper white organza ribbon to soften the card a little, and popped a silver-backed, large, adhesive rhinestone to the centre…

I adhered the bow to the card with a dimensional to ensure it stayed put. This also helped to raise the bow up a little …

I was pleasantly surprised at how pretty the card looked when it was finished, so I think I may give black another try…

Now it’s time to see what the rest of the Design Team have been making for you. We do hope you will join us and show us your wonderful creations.

cardstock: whisper white, basic black;

stamp set: festive flurry, more merry messages;

inks: versamark;

accessories: pool party embossing powder, heat tool, dimensionals, adhesive rhinestones, whisper white organza ribbon, stamp-a-majig;

All supplies from Stampin’ Up unless otherwise stated. 

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